Transliteration:( Wallazeena tabawwa'ud daara wal eemaana min qablihim yuhibboona man haajara ilaihim wa laa yajidoona fee sudoorihim haajatam mimmaa ootoo wa yu'siroona 'alaa anfusihim wa law kaana bihim khasaasah; wa many yooqa shuhha nafsihee fa ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon )
28. In this verse there is a high degree of praise for the Ansaar. They were made up of two tribes Aus and Khazraj. Aus and Khazraj were two sons of Haritha ibn Tha'albah and the Ansaar are from their progeny. By DAR (city) is meant Madina Munawwarah. It means these blessed people began to reside in Madina Shareef after the migration of the Holy Prophet and accepted Islam
29. This means the Ansaar did not become distressed at the arrival of the Muhajireen from Makkah, instead, they extended their hospitality to them with a great deal of joy and made them their permanent brothers. They shared their homes and gardens by making them owners o half their possessions.
From this, we learn that love all the Muhajireen is from the excellence of faith because Allah Almighty had this in praise of the Ansaar.
30. This means that whenever the Muhajireen were given a higher share of the spoils of war, the Ansaar would not begrudge them for that. Through the blessed companionship of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم , their hearts had become angelic, totally purified from all types of envy, jealousy, and greed.
31. Reason for its Revelation:
that, they themselves would remain hungry, but feed their refugee brother. This verse was revealed in praise of Hazrat Abu Talha (May Allah be pleased with him). On one occasion a poor hungry person came to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم who said that whoever makes him his guest Allah Almighty will bestow His Mercy on him.Â
On hearing, this Hazrat Abu Talha (May Allah be pleased with him) took him home. There was just a little food for his children, besides it there was nothing. He told his wife to make some excuses to the children and make them sleep hungry. At night, at the time of supper, he told his wife to put the lights off. She did as she was told. He sat with his guest to eat and pretended to eat with him. His whole family spent the entire night hungry but filled the stomach of the hungry guest.
This verse is revealed in praise of this laudable action of Hazrat Abu Talha (May Allah be pleased with him). In the morning when he came to the Holy Prophet the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم recited this verse to him and said that Allah Almighty has become pleased with you.
32. This means that he whose soul has been kept purified from covetousness, is successful indeed, like all the Companions, and especially the Ansaar. This tells us that the battles of the Companions among themselves were not fought for any worldly greed but due to differences of opinion. For further information on this, consult the book "A Glance on Ameer Muawiyah".
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The tafsir of Surah Hashr verse 9 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hashr ayat 8 which provides the complete commentary from verse 8 through 10.
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